Your big fish could be lurking in the deeper water. In the coming month, I would watch the shallower water closely as the big fish should be spawning.

burgermeister...if there are a lot of smaller bass that all look healthy but not many bigger ones, wouldn't you want to pull some of them out to make room for growth? Would a slot limit benefit a situation where you have a lot of small fish? I have a 1 acre pond that I stocked about 4 years ago. My bass are in the 14 to 17 inch range but I am starting to see a lot of 6 inch bass so I want to make sure I keep a handle on them so I do not see stunting. I have a great number of BG and plan to stock talapia for algae control and for bass food.